Analytical vigilance saves lives

The EDQM has updated Ph. Eur. monographs to detect ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. Butterworth Laboratories supports compliance through validated chromatographic testing, impurity screening, and documentation—helping pharmaceutical companies ensure product safety and protect patient lives.

Read the article written by John Welch and published by Manufacturing Chemist, highlighting that this was an issue we commented on in 2023, that the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that more than 300 children had died in The Gambia, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan in 2022 following the consumption of contaminated medicines.